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\ OAR DOOR FASTENINO. l `No. 291,404. `Patented Ja. 1, 1884.`

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' lSlIjZGIFlI(DAIYJION' forming part'of `Letters Patent No. 291,404,dated J'anary l, A18841;l Application niedangustaissa. (Modem nected topermit the movement of the door,

the construction and relative arrangement of the door and lock beingsuch that when the latter is attached to the side of the car in thedirection of the movement of the door it in ,no manner interferes withsuch movement of said door.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sectionof the side of a car having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the peculiar form of latch employed in carrying out myinvention, the said latch being in a horizontal position. Fig. 3 is afront View of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a front end view of the improvedlatch.

A bar, c, secured to the side A of the car, above the dooropeningthereof, has hung thereto by suitable straps or hangers, b, a door, B.The movement of the door B inthe direction necessary to cover thedoor-opening is limited by means of a vertical bar, c, which is securedto the side of the car by any suitable means, and at the side of thedoor-opening. The bar c is of such length as to permit the movement ofthedoor thereon sufficient to eX- pose the entire door-opening. Akeeper, P, is secured to the side of the car beneath the lower corner,It, of the door, and is bent or shouldered, so as to pass beneath thelower side of the door and project up for a short distance in front ofthe lower corner edge, 71 of the door. On the side A of the car, and infront of the lower edge of the door, is pivoted a latch, C.

. The latch C is bent or angled, so as to form three portions-a portion,t', which bears against the side A of the car, and is pivoted thereto bymeans of a pin or pivot, m, passing through a perforation, g, thereforin said portion t', a portion, j, which is bent out at right angles fromthe portion i of the latch, and transverse to the direction of travel ofthe door, and a portion, It', bent parallel with the side A of the car,but in a direction opposite to that in which the portion t extends. Thelower part of the portion k is bent out at an angle to the rest of thesame, so as to constitute a lip, d, and the upper corner e of the saidportion is bent up, so as to form an ear,

which has a perforation, n. Then the latch C is in a dependent position,as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, the angle portionj is below the bottomedge ofthe door, which is hung on the bar c, so as to leave sufficientspace between the exterior of the car-side A and the inner side of thedoor B for the portion i of the latch to pass between, so that saidlatch while being pivoted and located in the direction of the movementof the door B does not in any way interfere with such movement. Vhen thedoor B is moved so as to close the door-opening, the latchB is swungaround, as indicated by the arrows, Fig. l, so that when it occupies theposition `illustrated by the full lines in said gure the lip d of saidcatch will bear against the inner side of the shouldered keeper l?, andforce the rear face of the portion 7c of the latch against the door,thereby clamping the door in its closed position, the portionj of thelatch being located transversely across the front edge of the door B,and preventing any longitudinal movement thereof. A seal-fastening, q,may then be applied to the lock by passing the wire thereof through astaple, f, secured to the side of the door B, in close proximity to theear e of the portion k, and through the perforation n of said ear.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the fasteningdevicesV constructed and operating Ias described render the securefastening of car-doors attainable with but little difficulty or effort,and that the fastening devices themselves are of simple and cheapproduction and application, and of durable construction.

I claim l. As a new article of manufacture, a latch for cars, consistingof the portions fr' j k, the portion 'L' being perforated for thepivotal attachment of the latch to the carside, the por- IOO tion jconstituting a shoulder, and the portion k having a lip, d, at its loweredge, and a perforated ear, e, at or near its upper forward corner,Substantially as set forth.

2. rIhe combination, in a car, of a door having a staple on its outerside, a keeper projecting from the side of the car, a latch pivoted tothe side of the car and provided with alip and perforated ear, andadapted to. be moved to a position to cause its lip to bear against thekeeper, and thereby Wedge the door in its closed position, andasealconnection,

q, for connecting the staple with the perforated ear of the latch,substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a car, of a sliding door, a keeper projectingfrom the side of the car, a latch pivoted to the side of the car, andhaving a portion, z', adapted, When the door is nnlatched and moved, topass between the door .and the sido of the car, and with a shoulderv andlip, the former adapted, when the latch rests Within the keeper, to bearranged transversely across the front edge of the door, and prevent itslongitudinal movement, While the lip bears against the keeper and Wedgesor clamps the door against the side of the car, substantially as setforth.

4. The combination, in a car, of a sliding door, B, having a staple, f,keeper P, projecting from the side of the car, a shouldered latch, C,pivoted to the side of the car and consisting of the portions i j k, andhaving a lip, d, and perforated ear e, all arranged and operatingsubstantially as herein set forth.

SALISBURY F. ROSSE.

Vitnesses: l

GEO. F. LONGAN,

J. S. MGLEAN.

